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Ashton Kutcher Ruptured his Eardrum

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On July 7, 2009 Ashton Kutcher took a short break from filming Five Killers to take advantage of the film’s close locale to the ocean and spend time with his wife, Demi Moore, who accompanied him on the film shoot. After swimming for some time Kutcher emerged from the water and approached some of the individuals of his film crew. The staff members noticed that he was bleeding from his ear and frantically rushed him to the hospital. Kutcher, who according to the National Enquire, was nonchalant about the bleeding, but because he admittedly also complained of a headache agreed to go to the hospital.
Upon hearing that Kutcher had been taken to the hospital, Demi Moore frantically made her way to the hospital to be by his side for the diagnosis. Thinking that it was a severe condition, such as a brain hemorrhage, Moore began inconsolably crying nervously awaited the opinion of local doctors. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Kutcher remained in good spirits during the ordeal and upon seeing Moore at the hospital reportedly said, “Hi, honey! I’m fine. Come join the Party.”  Kutcher was then carefully examined and it was determined that he simply had ruptured his eardrum.
Finding out that Kutcher was not seriously injured or ill was a great relief to Kutcher, Moore, and the entourage of Five Killers. Kutcher did not allow his eardrum to affect his acting and did not request that any part of filming Five Killers be postponed.  While in Nassau doctors monitored Kutcher’s condition to make sure that it was healing and not worsening. Eventually, Kutcher was cleared by Nassau’s doctors to fly to Georgia to film the next portion of Five Killers.
It is unknown what caused Kutcher’s eardrum to rupture, but the condition can be caused by physical injury to the eardrum, a loud noise, pressure within the ear, infection, or by prodding inside the ear with a cotton-swab or any other article among other reasons.
Flying can exacerbate the symptoms of a ruptured eardrum because of the cabin pressure in the airplane. Further, it is often more uncomfortable for individuals to fly when they have a condition such as a ruptured eardrum. Kutcher will now have to monitor the ruptured eardrum to make sure that it does not develop an infection. If this should occur, Kutcher could face permanent hearing loss.